Posted in General, LIS 768, Library 2.0, Library Places and Spaces, tagged cool, cpl, design, harold washington, libraries, Library 2.0, new, place, space, videos, youtube on December 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
For a class project classmate Chris Breitenbach and I decided to create a short video documentary exploring the ups and downs of the space at The Harold Washington Library in downtown Chicago. This video is the outcome of our work.
Looking at the space through Library 2.0 goggles we found [...]
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Posted in General, LIS 768, Library 2.0, tagged access, computers, cool, laptops, libraries, Library 2.0, new, outreach, ted on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is an amazing program that I have been meaning to post on my blog for a couple of weeks now. Essentially, Nicholas Negroponte from MIT devoted himself to developing a laptop that was tough enough and affordable enough to essentially give away so that children in developing countries could have one. He [...]
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Posted in General, Library 2.0, Library Places and Spaces, tagged cool, design, libraries, Library 2.0, new, place, space on December 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The new design for the Czech National Library. Read more here.
I’ll be visiting this place when it’s done , just gotta see it for myself.
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